New Druid Minion - Dire Frostwolf

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A new Common Druid Minion, Dire Frostwolf, has been revealed!

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  • Arthas's Avatar
    Robot Black Lotus 1265 5754 Posts Joined 03/10/2019
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    A new Common Druid Minion, Dire Frostwolf, has been revealed!

    Dire Frostwolf Card Image

    Discuss this card below or head on over to the card page to give it a rating!


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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    Not a terrible card at all. We do have Kodo Mount still collection dust, looking for a good target to buff and this might just be it. Gonna have to wait for the corresponding Legendary though because right now the beast package is too disjointed.

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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  • Tumbleweedovski's Avatar
    Protector of Elwynn 1470 598 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    Arena: Another solid card. Piloted Shredder is on the weaker side these days but still playable. Dire Frostwolf is like a modern age version of that card. Significantly better, but not broken or anything.

    Constructed: Looks like this is part of a package. Are we finally getting to see (Midrange) Beast Druid? Could be.

    Arena > Wild > Standard

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  • Hydrafrog's Avatar
    Gul'dan 1840 3268 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    Arena fodder.  4 for a 4/4 in druid that will give you something much less beneficial on the backend when it dies is not exactly efficient with Druid's play style

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  • Brandon's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1350 2486 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    Not bad, has a lot of potential. Basicly like Piloted Shredder, but it pretty much always gets to attack and gives you a Kodo Mount target, or any other buff card. Worst case scenario it just sees play in arena.

    RNG is only fun as long as there is a 50/50 chance of getting something really good or trash level of bad. If RNG always results in something good, then it's not fun.

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  • Erodos's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 945 1019 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    It's a lot of stats, curves perfectly into Arbor Up for a lot of face damage and is very very sticky. Don't overlook this one!

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  • Lundy's Avatar
    Little Devil Teemo 1555 707 Posts Joined 06/21/2019
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    Really good if the package sees play. Beast Druid will be a fun archetype I haven't really touched in a long long time and kinda want to try out already

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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5610 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    Its just a good minion, but therein lies the problem: its a druid card, and its a beast.

    So you can't play Guardian Animals with this card in because obviously you dont ever want to draw it out. And most druid decks tend to play broken stuff so its practically sharing the same problem with Druid of the Plains: Good card, but not good enough in specifically druid.

    But if there ever was a midrange beast druid, this card is just core. You cant go too far from what this one offers, both stealth and deathrattle, which means its nearly 100% guaranteed to maintain something on board for you.

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  • sule's Avatar
    Dinosaur 830 995 Posts Joined 08/21/2019
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    Stealth Piloted Shredder. Likely too slow, but I'm willing to try it.

    I don't want to cure cancer; I want to turn people into dinosaurs.

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  • ElSabidon's Avatar
    Salty Dog 1030 685 Posts Joined 06/07/2019
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    Midrange Druid was tried multiple times and they all failed. Dire Frostwolf shows a more tempo approach, which I believe might actually give Beast Druid the chance to shine.

    Rating cards on coolness factor rather than predicting power because I like screwing up rating averages (and because I suck at predicting real power levels, but we'll ignore that LUL)
    Wins per class (2/6/22): DH-197; Druid-996Hunter-91«60; Mage-1056; Paladin-1126; Priest-746; Rogue-961; Shaman-1095; Warlock-871; Warrior-906

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  • GoddammitDontShootMe's Avatar
    Relaxed 2195 2055 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    This could be alright. Stealth makes it a nice buff candidate, and when it dies you get another smaller stealth to do a little more damage, barring any AOEs.

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  • meisterz39's Avatar
    925 1200 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    I think this is the least interesting card in this Token Beasts package, but Druid looks like it has some room for 4-drops, particularly if they help ensure [Hearthstone Card (Compsting) Not Found] and Arbor Up targets. So, it's got real potential.

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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2575 3348 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago
    Quote From Tumbleweedovski

    Arena: Another solid card. Piloted Shredder is on the weaker side these days but still playable. Dire Frostwolf is like a modern age version of that card. Significantly better, but not broken or anything.

    Constructed: Looks like this is part of a package. Are we finally getting to see (Midrange) Beast Druid? Could be.

    +1 for the reminder that Piloted Shredder once terrorized the (standard) meta

    Struggle with Heroic Galakrond's Awakening? I got your back : 

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  • Caro's Avatar
    Draconic Rager 2225 2544 Posts Joined 03/12/2020
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    We have to see if this midrange beast druid takes off next expansion. It's looking promising, and this beast will definitely be in the deck. This is one of those cards that are good in a package, but standalone, it's better in arena

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  • Swizard's Avatar
    1190 913 Posts Joined 04/30/2020
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    Such a good card for beast druid

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  • Sykomyke's Avatar
    Grand Crusader 780 985 Posts Joined 05/30/2019
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    When Piloted shredder released.  I crafted it in gold.  Still one of my favorite cards.  Shame that by today's standards, shredder would be borderline bad.

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  • edalyas's Avatar
    Magma Rager 520 165 Posts Joined 05/30/2019
    Posted 3 years, 1 month ago

    This card feels... correct. Not good, not bad, just some value for the cost but no shiny impact on the board. If beast druid will be a thing then yeah, maybe but depends on a style for the deck. I wish questline could run it but with no attack synergy feral roleplaying has close to 0 sense.

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  • KillaFIsh's Avatar
    375 250 Posts Joined 07/10/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Piloted Shredder +?  In all seriousness, I don't think this is great.  Beast druid just doesn't have the payoff you would want for a deck, this doesn't really help.

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  • randomfan's Avatar
    Elemental 1255 744 Posts Joined 03/17/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    More support for the token (maybe mid-range) beast druid. I'm not sure this makes enough happen since it is a deathrattle and not a battle cry. I don't think it is fast or strong enough, which of course means that it will do just fine.

    Unfortunately, common sense isn't as common as it should be.

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  • SilverWolf's Avatar
    Tauren Chieftain Addict 990 1085 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Very good for a token strategy, can be reduce it's cost with the spell that ranks up, making a good choice in a mid-late game state

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  • Geno9999's Avatar
    Metrognome 1620 1217 Posts Joined 11/10/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Giving Druid so many Stealth minions only makes Arbor Up that much more dangerous...

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  • ShadowsOfSense's Avatar
    1500 1111 Posts Joined 10/23/2018
    Posted 3 years ago

    Seems pretty solid, but does have to compete with more aggressive decks (which don't care about a 4 mana 4/4, even Stealthed) and more Big decks (for which this is nowhere near big enough).

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  • NebuchadnezzarHS's Avatar
    Supporter 2035 1411 Posts Joined 06/14/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Nice Arena card. Beast Druid has never really taken off and it probably will still not be good enough.

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  • Draketh's Avatar
    Darkmaster 1570 1395 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 3 years ago

    Seems like more of an arena card to me. Not sure if there's enough synergy to warrant running it in constructed.

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